70% sampled students experienced at least one LDRR and 90% experienced at least one LDF

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Holt & Stone

Little decrease in relationship satisfaction as long as lovers are able to reunite regularly, suggests separation may not be a valid explanation for relationship breakdown

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Boekhout et al

Supports, people have affairs due to a perceived lack of skills and/or stimulation in current relationship, sexual reasons for infidelity=men, emotional reasons for infidelity=women

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Couples Coping Enhancement Training

Aims to improve social skills, communication and problem solving skills

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Cina et al

Compared 50 couples who received CCET to 50 couples who didn't, CCET group had a much higher marital quality after training, supporting the importance of social skills in maintaining a successful relationship

Supports, surveyed undergraduates recently experiencing a break up, emotional distress but also personal growth, clearer idea about future partners, last 2 phases put relationship to rest, get on with their lives

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Advantage of Rollie & Ducks Model

stresses the importance of communication in relationship breakdown, pays attention to things they say, the topics, ways they talk about relationship, both insight into stage of process AND suggests interventions appropriate

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Lee

process not a single event, questionnaires, personal experiences, dissolution of premarital, romantic relationships, 100+ students

restricted to certain kinds of relationships (premarital), young participant base (students), may not be generalizable to marital break ups when more financially/socially invested.

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Models criticised because they are...

both more descriptive than clearly explaining why relationships breakdown, where as Duck's "precipitating factors" approach is more of an explanation

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Compare and Contrast

Lee = various processes when there is still hope that the relationship can be saved, Duck = processes after it is clear the relationship has ended. Neither explain WHY, focuses on sequence of events, combination = more adequate account of break-up